A Brief History of Physics in Video Games

By David Baszucki - December 14, 2011

Objects in the real world operate under the laws of physics – so it seems quite intuitive that everything in video games (console, PC, online, mobile, arcade) should as well. The graphics world has evolved towards hardware acceleration on dedicated chips with better and better realism. The physics world is a long ways behind. There aren’t many video games today (in fact there aren’t any!) where you can take out a hack saw, cut off a piece of metal from a scrap heap, weld it to your car, and then have the metal bend when your car wrecks! Today I will review some of the phases in video game physics here and talk a bit about the future.

Early Phase – Special Purpose Physics Engines

A Brief History of Physics in Video Games

By David Baszucki - December 2, 2011

Early Phase – Special Purpose Physics Engines

Thanksgiving at ROBLOX

By David Baszucki - November 23, 2011

We have a lot to be thankful for at ROBLOX this year.

ROBLOX Rally 2011 Report

By David Baszucki - August 5, 2011

ROBLOX Rally Presenters
John Shedletsky, Erik Cassel, Christina McGrath and Matt Dusek

On Monday August 1 ROBLOX held our first ever player convention – The ROBLOX Rally 2011! As the doors opened at 9:30am hundreds of players and parents flooded into the Exploratorium in San Francisco eager to see what we had planned for the day. Players ages 6-16 traveled from as far away as England and Hong Kong to talk with ROBLOX developers, hear about the latest advancements within the game, learn how to create their own virtual worlds with Lua coding language, and share ideas.

ROBLOX Rally Update

By David Baszucki - August 1, 2011

The ROBLOX Rally is today! Players are lining up outside the Exploratorium as we get ready to open the doors. It’s going to be intense!

For all our players who can’t attend we will be tweeting, posting photos and blogging during the ROBLOX Rally 2011. The tweets and photos will be on our official account @ROBLOXRally2011.

Generosity by the Thousands for Japan!

By David Baszucki - March 17, 2011

Enthusiastic ROBLOXians hit yet another exciting milestone last week by donating ROBUX. A total of 23,395 ROBLOX players contributed a whopping $10,445.80 in just 2 days to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund by purchasing Japanese-themed hats for their virtual characters on ROBLOX. The contribution surpassed the $5,479 gift made by ROBLOX to the American Red Cross following the earthquakes in Haiti in January 2010. It’s an exciting example of the power of the ROBLOXians for good in the world! Thanks to everyone who contributed!